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Farti. Hydrophilid^. 

 Hydrophilus chalyheatus, intense nitide cferuleus, elytris lineis tribiis 



punctulonim remotorum piliferorum, palpis antennisque ochreis apice 



nigris, pedibus subcastaneis; femoribus piceis. Long. 6 lin.; lat. 3. 

 Hydrophilus ochripes, palpis antennis labroqiie basi ochreis apice nigres- 



centibus, pedibus tlioracis margine inferiore sternoque ferrugineo- 



ochraceis. Long. 4 lin. ; lat. 2\. 



Fain. ScAaAB5:iD^. 



Sect. CoPROPHAG^. 



Copris semisquamosa, nigra, cl)'peo magno bidentato cornu brevi emar- 



ginato armato, thorace brevi antice irregulariter truncate, elytris prc- 



funde striatis. Long. lOi lin.; lat. 6. 

 Copris punctatissima, nigra, clypeo emarginato hand tuberculato, thorace 



magno punctatissimo tuberculato parvo antice armato, elytris profunde 



punctato-sti-iatis. Long. 8 lin. ; lat. 4|. 



Sect. GEOTRUPIDyE vel Arenicol.5. 



Acanthocerus muricatus, niger, punctulatus, elytris puiictato-striatis apice 



tuberculatis. Long. If lin.; lat. Ij. 

 Sphaerosomus muricatus, Kirby MSS. 



Sect. Trogid-e. 



Trox huUatus, niger cinereo mixtus, thorace ineequali : angulis posticis 

 sublobatis, elytris tuberculis minutis conspersis lineisque tuberculorum 

 magnorum tribus parvonamque pluribus notatis. Long. 7i lin.; lat. 5. 



2Vox lachrymosus, cinereus nigro mixtus, thorace parvo inaequali, elytris 

 aniplis elongato-ovatis punctato-striatis lineis tuberculorum magnorum 

 4 parv'orum 5 notatis. Long. 5 — 6 lin. ; lat. 3 — 4. 



Trox trisulcatus, cinerasccnti-niger, capite Iffivi, thoracis sulcis 3 latis 

 longitudinalibus, elytris striatis : intervallis fasciculatis. Long. 2i — 3 

 lin. ; lat. U— H- 



Sect. ScARABiEiDiE vel XyLOPHILjE. 

 Oryctomorphus pictus (Waterh.), piceus, clypeo bidentato, fronte tuber- 

 culato, thorace impressione centrali, elytrorum areS scutellum cingente 

 strigaque in singulo obliqua undulate nitide ferrugineis. Long. 10 

 lin. ; lat. ultra 5. 



Sect. Phyllophag^. 

 Gen. Tribostethes, Curt. 

 Palpi iis Brachystemi similes, nisi quod maxillares longiores, labiales 

 breves ; illorum articulus basalis minutus, 2dus Stiusque obovato- 

 truncati, hoc breviore, 4tus longus, gracilis, fusiformis, extus sulco 

 longo exaratus. Antennae 10-articulatae ; articulus basalis crassus, cla- 

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